Railroad-car.



C. T. WESTLAKE.

` RAILROAD GAR. APPLIOATION FILED 011111215, 1909.

Patented Apr. .23,v 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. WESTLAKE, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO DOUBLE BODY BOLSTER COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

RAILROAD-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led September 15, 1909.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912. serial No. 517,888.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES T. vWnsr- LAKE, a citizen of the United States, resid'- ing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to the end sill and corresponding end wall of a railroad car, and has for its object to prevent the rearward displacement of the lower end portions of the posts of the said wall from endwise shock to the car, to exclude water from the car thereat, and to provide removable bearing plates for the bufferstems wit-hin the openings therefor through the end sill.

The novelty as hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of t-his specification, wliereon,

Figure l, is a front elevation of my improved end sill combined with the posts and sheathing (broken away) of the corresponding car wall thereat; Fig` 2, a horizontal section thereof on line 2, 2, in Fig. 1, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5, vertical transverse sections therethrough to enlarged scale, on lines 3,3, 4, 4, and 5, 5, respectively in Fig. 2.

Like letters and numerals of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

a represent-s my improved end sill which is preferably composed of cast steel integral throughout and in the presentcase boxshaped in cross section, having preferably a bottom rearwardly project-ing horizontal flange 1 which extends preferably the entire length of the body of the end sill a and is adapted to support the corresponding end portions of the longitudinal car sills Z) (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and by fullV lines in Fig. 3).

Through and along the top wall or member 2 of the end sill a is formed a series of suitably shaped spaced apart openings 3 through which the lower end portions of the posts 4 of the corresponding end wall of the car are inserted and adapted to bear preferably attheir rear sides against the rear wall 5 of the end sill a to which they are xed by rivets (or bolts) 6, the posts 4 in the present case being preferably metallic and alternately Z and I-shaped in cross section, but they may be of any other suitable invention consists in features of shape in cross section, or of wood, according to the general construction ofv the car. To the posts 4 on their rear sides above the end sill a is attached the inside sheathing 7, and on their front sides is attached the outside sheathing or nish 8, the bottom edges of the sheathings 7 and 8 (shown broken away) bearing on t-he top wall or member 2 of the end sill a.l

On the top wall or member 2 of the end sill a are formed between the sheathings 7 and 8 upwardly projecting beads 9 which extend between the openings 3 respectively, and operate as water-sheds to prevent the water which may seep between the top wall 2 of the sill a andthe bottom of the outside sheathing or finish 8 from passing beneath the inside sheathing 7 into the car, the openings 3 in this case forming drains for the water intercepted by the beads or watersheds 9. Through the front wall 10 of the end sill a are formed the usual openings 11 for the passage of the center and side bufferstems (not shown) of the car. Within, and on the floor of each opening 11 is placed a removable bearing-plate or support 12 for the corresponding buffer-stem, the plate 12 being held from vertical displacement by the buffer-stem and from horizontal movement by a projection 12 on its underside which engages in a corresponding opening through the said floor as seen in Fig. l, and particularly in Fig. 5.

The advantages of the above construction are, rstly, that by fixing the lower end portions of the posts 4 against a suit-able member of the end sill a below the top thereof,

.their rearward displacement from endwise collision of the cars, which occurs when the posts bear at their ends on the top of the end sill, is prevented. Secondly, by the use of a water shed 9 forming preferably, a part of the end sill, water is excluded from the car thereat, and thirdly, by providing the removable supports or bearing-plates 12 for the buffer-stems they can be readily and quickly removed when worn and renewed without disturbing the end sill.

Vhat I claim as my ivention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. The herein described end sill for railway cars comprising a cast metal member, having front and rear walls and top and bottom plates, a horizontally disposed flange integral with and projecting rearwardly from the lower portion of the rear wall of the body ofthe end sill, there being openings formed through the top plate end posts having their lower ends seated in said openings, outer and inner sheathing fixed on said post, and a water shed on top of the end sill between the inner and outer sheathing and between the end post opening.

2. The herein described end sill for railroad cars, comprising a hollow cast metal body having front and rear walls and top and bottom plates, which bottom plate is perforated, a flange integral with the rear wall of the cast metal body, and which flange extends rearwardly from the lower portion of said rear-wall, there being openings formed through the top plate which openings are adapted to receive the lower portions of the end posts of the car body, longitudinally disposed ribs formed on the top surface of the top plate between said openings, and t-here being horizontally alined openings formed through the front and rear walls of the hollow body for the reception of the center and side stems of the buffer beam.

3. An end sill for car bodies, comprising a hollow cast metal body composed of frontY and rear walls, and top and bottom plates,

a rearwardly projecting horizontally disposed flange, integral with the rear portion of the rear wall of the body, which flange extends the entire length of the end sill, and is adapted to receive and support the ends of the sills of the car body, car body end posts the lower ends of which are seated in openings in the top plate in the end sill, and are xed to the rear wall thereof, inner and outer sheathing fixed to said end post, and a water shed on top of the sill between said inner and outer sheathing and between the openings for the end posts.

4. The combination with a hollow end sill for car bodies, of car body end posts, the lower ends of which extend through openings formed in the top of said hollow end sill and are rigidly fixed to said end sill, inner and outer sheathing fixed to said end posts and longitudinallyy disposed ribs forming water shedsJ which ribs are integral with the top plate of the end sill, and are arranged between the inner and outer sheathing and between the openings in the top of the end sill, which receive the end posts.

5. The combination with a hollow end sill for car bodies having openings formed through its top plate, of car body end posts having their lower ends positioned in said openings and fixed to said end sill, inner and outer sheathing fixed to the end posts and meansv on top of the end sill between the openings therein for deflecting water and dust from the top of said end sill into the openings therein.

6. The combination with a hollow end sill for car bodies having openings formed through its top plate, of car body end posts having their lower ends positioned in said openings and fixed to said end sill, inner and outer sheathing fixed to the end posts, means on top of the end sill between the openings therein for deflecting water and dust from the top of said end sill into the openings therein and the bottom plate of which end sill is provided with an opening to permit the discharge of water and dust which enter said end sill through the openings in the top thereof.

7 In a railway car, a hollow end sill having openings in its top and bott-om, car end posts having their lower ends extending through the openings in the top of the end sill and resting upon the bottom plate of said sill, sheathing applied to the front and rear faces of said end posts and ribs on top of said end sill between the openings for the end posts and between the inner and outer sheathing.

CHARLES T. WESTLAKE.

Witnesses:

HAL C. BELLVILLE, EDWARD W. FURRELL.

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